Leviticus 7:26

Leviticus 7:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.
• New Living Translation (NLT)No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal.

Context of Leviticus 7:26

24The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it. 25Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the Lord must be cut off from their people. And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. 27Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’ ” 28The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 7:26 word by word

וְכָל־דָּם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֔וּ בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לָע֖וֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover ye shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• no manner of bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• of fowlעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• or of beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• in any of your dwellingsמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:26

• Leviticus 3:17“ ‘This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.’ ”
• Leviticus 17:10“ ‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood, and I will cut them off from the people.
• Genesis 9:4“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.
• 1 Samuel 14:33Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood in it.” “You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
• Ezekiel 33:25Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?
• John 6:53Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
• Acts 15:20Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.
• Acts 15:29You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
• Ephesians 1:7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
• 1 Timothy 4:4For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26No manner of blood - See Leviticus 17:10-15.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-27Verses 11-27 As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden of old, was because the Lord had appointed blood for an atonement…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27The command not to eat blood was very important. The Council at Jerusalem even included it in their instructions for non-Jewish (Gentile) believers (Acts 15:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2722-27. Ye shall eat no manner of fat--(See on Le 3:17).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Leviticus 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings